Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1973
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Harry S. Sutherland
Second Committee Member
William F. Lacey
Third Committee Member
Franklin D. Carlson
Abstract
The purpose of this field study is actually two-fold. First, one must understand Martin Luther King Elementary School. King is an "open concept" school. The program is based upon different teaching techniques and philosophies than a more traditional type elementary school. After his years at King, a student then goes on to McLaughlin Junior High. McLaughlin is a typical junior high that is somewhat more regimented than the open environment at King. Parents have asked numerous times, "How do these students perform after they leave King and go to a more structured junior high?" Until now I have had no data that could be relayed to parents that would answer this question. This study should provide a better understanding of my students and their adjustment to their new environment.
Second, during my teaching career I have often wondered how my previous students have adjusted socially and academically to their new surroundings. This study should give insights into the successes or failures of techniques and philosophies in education. From these findings modification can be made if necessary.
Recommended Citation
Acker, Bennet J., "Follow-up Study of Seventh Grade Students Attending McLoughlin Junior High who, in the Previous Year, were Sixth Graders at King, Harney, Lieser, or Marshall Elementary Schools" (1973). All Graduate Projects. 324.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/324
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Comments
Some pages cut off on the inner margin.